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— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

pale grew every cheek
And all who saw them trembled, And pale grew every cheek;
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

pity gave ere charity
Careless their merits or their faults to scan, / His pity gave ere charity began.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

puellae Grande et conspicuum
Juvenal launches the thunder of invective against him in the following lines:— Et cum mortifero prudens Vejento Catullo, Qui numquam visae flagrabat amore puellae, Grande, et conspicuum nostro quoque tempore monstrum, Caecus adulator, dirusque a ponte satelles, Dignus Aricinos qui mendicaret ad axes, Blandaque devexae jactaret basia rhedae.—Sat.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHEKHOV
" End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov, by Anton Chekhov *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHEKHOV SHORT STORIES
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

plants golf equipment canned
Online shopping ———————- You can buy almost anything online: video cameras, books, music, Bonsai plants, golf equipment, canned cakes from Gimmee Jimmy's Cookies, Levi's trousers for men, computer equipment, a four-door Nissan Pathfinder SE-V6 car, and air tickets for Mexico.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

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THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Cruikshank’s Water Colours, by George Cruikshank and Various *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRUIKSHANK’S WATER COLOURS *** *****
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth

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End of Project Gutenberg's Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, by Anonymous *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OREGON *** *****
— from Crater Lake National Park, Oregon by Anonymous

Princess Gloria entirely captivating
Gloria, impatient to be on the homeward trail, assumed command in a way which delighted King; he glimpsed the fact that she had always had her way and was thoroughly accustomed to the issuance of orders which were to be obeyed; further, he found her little way of Princess Gloria entirely captivating: already she was bullying him as all of her life she had bullied his old friend Ben.
— from The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory

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End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoa, by Theodore E. Hook *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHOICE HUMOROUS WORKS--THEODORE HOOK *** *****
— from The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook by Theodore Edward Hook

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End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, by Samuel Fallows *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COMPLETE DICTIONARY--SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS *** *****
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows


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